Personal Info
Юдзо Каяма
Yūzō Kayama
Acting
Biography
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Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō) is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on 11 April 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became a big star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishō (Young Guy) film series.
He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film, Red Beard, starring Toshirō Mifune. Kayama reported that he found the two years spent making this film the most difficult, but proudest work of his life.
As a guitarist, he took inspiration from the American instrumental group The Ve…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together
Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
Rough
Nagisa
Messengers
as Makoto Shimano
Thunderbolt
as Coach Mirakami
Zero
as Manbei Shimokawa
The Detective
as Isao Muramatsu
Return of the Champ
as Yūichi Tannuma
Mount Hakkoda
as Captain Kurata
